Berea High School                                                          Community ~ Character ~ Excellence

Teacher/Class: J. Kinssec/ Essentials of English 1-4                                                                                                     Tentative Date Range: 10/13---12/19                 

Unit Title: Building Knowledge and Literacy                                                                           

Standard 8-Analyze  characters, settings, events, ideas, as they develop and interact within a particular context.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

  Overall Learning Objective :  Continue to build and develop stronger reading and comprehension skills to gain knowledge while improving accuracy and fluency.

By 10/11, I will be able to BLOOM’S VERB   CONTENT/SKILL/CONCEPT by ACTIVITY/SHOWING VERB a(n) ASSESSMENT OR PRODUCT.

Through the use of Read 180, Daily Vocabulary Practice, and the ‘Daily Fix It Activities, swbat to improve their overall vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. 

 Language Objective:

Collaborate to discuss content-area concepts, effectively expressing ideas, comparing ideas, and building on others’ ideas.

1.     Daily Learning Targets (By the end of class I will be able to…) Use information obtained from a variety of sources to take action for a variety of purposes (i.e., daily life activities, employment activities, educational activities, leisure activities, social activities, etc.). 

Key Vocabulary Terms

Assessments

-          Setting

-          Characters

-          Plot

-          Theme

-          Literary elements

-          Inference

-          Text Features

-          Text Structure

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Formative Assessments:

Wheel of Names, Exit Ticket, Graphic Organizers, Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down, and reflection.

Summative Assessment:

Quiz, Classroom Assessment, Vocab

Instructional Delivery

Activating Strategies (i.e. connections to prior knowledge, building background, etc.)

Read for Detail

Fluency Checklist

Multisyllabic Words 

Extend: Central Idea and Details

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Instructional Strategies (Notes/Activities/Materials)

(i.e. comprehensible input, practice/application, meaningful activities, feedback)

Use content-area vocabulary and generate relevant examples to deepen understanding of a central content-area concept.